Sermons on Easter Vigil:

Meditate On God's Promises

Contributed by Don Schultz on Jul 29, 2013

What guarantees that God promises come true? God has given us a sign...

Psalm 119:148 "My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises." This past week we've been doing what Psalm 119 tells us to do - we've been meditating on the promises of God. Our school year theme tells us to "Focus" and during this first quarter of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:148

Denomination: Lutheran

"They Have Taken Him” Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 12, 2020

Through her tears she saw angels asking her “why are you crying?” What kind of idiot question is that? “The so-and-so’s who murdered Him now have stolen His body and I don’t know where He is.”

Tuesday of Easter Week 2020 “They Have Taken Him” There are very few Gospel scenes more touching than the one we just heard. Mary Magdalene–from whom Jesus had cast multiple demons–owed everything to Jesus. But she had stood with His Mother, Mary, and the disciple John, and had watched the Romans ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:36-41, John 20:11-18

Denomination: Catholic

Crowds And Connections

Contributed by Peter Fisher on Apr 18, 2020

In Covid-19 lockdown, life is all about NOT being in crowds, how can we celebrate Palm Sunday

This is the day … “This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Well, I don’t know about you, but it feels more like “how shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land”. That’s from Psalm 137:4 and was the Jews response to being exiled to Babylon. WE/US Let US ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, Psalm 118:19-24

Denomination: Anglican

Sharing In A Time Of Economic Emergency Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 19, 2020

At the time when we are most tempted to hunker down and hoard our resources for ourselves, I think the Lord is calling us to be generous with our churches and charitable institutions.

Tuesday of the 2nd Week in Easter 2020 The disciple Joseph Bar-nabas is one of the key players in the Acts of the Apostles. As the reading tells us, Joseph was given the name “Barnabas” by the leaders of the first church, the church of Jerusalem. Why? I had an experience when I was principal of a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37, John 3:7-15

Denomination: Catholic

Through Many Tribulations Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 8, 2020

Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. But we can take courage from the examples of Jesus and St. Paul.

Tuesday of the 5th Week of Easter 2020 Today’s tale from the Acts of the Apostles needs some back-story for those who weren’t at Mass yesterday. The scene is Lystra, a village in southern Anatolia, sometime in the year 48, about 15 years after the Resurrection. It was part of the Roman province of ...read more

Scripture: John 14:27-31, Acts 14:8-28

Denomination: Catholic

Do You Really Think This Covid Catastrophe Is The Worst? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 16, 2020

Listen to the Spirit saying in our hearts, “you think this is hard to bear? You have not yet begun to feel the effects of sin in your world.”

Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter 2020 Most of the time we go about our lives without anything big troubling them. In fact, most days we could, if we wished, live our lives as if nothing will ever trouble them. The lack of huge events from outside our own will as we go from day to day means that ...read more

Scripture: John 16:5-11, Acts 16:22-34

Denomination: Catholic

Belong To Believe

Contributed by Rene Perez on Jan 8, 2015

When we belong, we feel validated and included. When we belong, we do not feel lonely or feel like we do not matter. We become an important part of the whole.

Sermon: Belong to Believe The clip we just watched is from the movie Antwone Fisher, which is the true story of a young man abandoned at birth by his mom. He was raised in abusive orphanages and foster homes. (Thank God for a loving family) When he turned 18, to escape homelessness, he joined the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22

Denomination: United Methodist

Mardi Gras Or Shrove Tuesday?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 22, 2020

The season we begin tomorrow is a time to draw near to God so that He can draw near to us.

Tuesday of the 7th Week in Course Mardi Gras Passions. We don’t hear much about that plural noun lately. Oh, the word “passion” turns up in seamy novels and videos, I suppose. And those of us for whom the Catholic religion, the word “passion” stirs up thoughts of the torture Jesus had to undergo ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37, James 4:1-10, Psalm 55:22

Denomination: Catholic

The Water And The Temple Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 21, 2020

Those are the healing waters that can always save those who are soaked with them, precisely because this sacrament is the visible sign of the power of Christ, who is the real minister of every baptism.

Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent 2020 Water I always recommend to those who can make pilgrimage that they take a week or more with a Christian guide in the Holy Land–Israel and Jordan–so that they can understand the people and places we read about in the Sacred Scriptures. The Christians living in ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-16, Ezekiel 47:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

The Glory We Share With The Father And Son

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 12, 2018

St. Gregory of Nyssa, and other Fathers of the Church, teach that the glory of the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit, who is love. The glory we are given is the Holy Spirit who enables us to image Christ in our world.

Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter 2018 St. Paschal Baylon The prayer of Jesus we just heard from St. John is part of the High Priestly Prayer Our Lord offered at the Last Supper. If you look carefully at it, you might call it the first Eucharistic Prayer, and here you find Christ offering His ...read more

Scripture: John 17:20-26

Denomination: Catholic

Do Not Be A Cino

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Oct 12, 2018

Being a RINO or DINO will mess up your life, but being a CINO will destroy your eternity.

As I read Catholic and Evangelical leaders trying to "exhort" their congregants to vote against Pro-Abortion candidates, I wonder if they have figured out that many will turn a deaf ear. Just as we have RINOs and DINOS we have RCINOs, BINOs, PINOs, LINOs, etc. To simplify it, CINOs or ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:6, 2 Timothy 2:15, Acts 17:10

Denomination: Baptist

Mary Magdalene Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 19, 2018

Mary Magdalene

A. INTRODUCTION: MARY MAGDALENE - FAITHFUL FOLLOWER 1. Many named Mary (from Hebrew Miriam), Virgin mother of Jesus, mother of James, mother of Joses, wife of Clopas, and mother of Mark. 2. Mary Magdalene, i.e., Magdala, i.e., “watch tower,” Matt. 15:39 3. Jesus tour. “He took his twelve ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:2-3

Denomination: Baptist

Ordination And The Role Of Women In The Church Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 9, 2015

The twin command of Jesus to clergy is important to consider in any decision regarding ordination.

Thursday of the 6th Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel This is one of those liturgical days that is a little schizophrenic. In the historical Church, it is forty days after the Resurrection, so it is Ascension Thursday, as it was for almost two thousand years. But May 14 is the Feast of St. ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Catholic

Ministry To The Young And Our Evangelical Mission Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 16, 2015

In our quest to be One Church, we must show forth Goodness, Beauty, and Truth, especially to the young.

Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel It would not be disrespectful of St. Paul to point out that, even among his great works, he made some monumental personal blunders in his ministry. Last week we heard him trying to preach to the Athenians on a philosophical level. It fell ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

A Gift For The New Year

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 13, 2017

Use the principles of John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus in Christmas to prepare the way for the new year.

1. I am not a big fan of Christmas – there are theological issues in which a pagan story of Mithras became the basis for the date of the celebration of the birth of Jesus. [Similar for Easter] a. Jesus’ birth is mentioned but not specifically when b. Jewish people tend not to celebrate ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:8-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ